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FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION OF PROGRESS REPORT STATE/INSTITUTIONAL
LEVEL BIOTECH HUBS
(Format for biotech hubs sanctioned during 2010-11 and 2013-14)
Period under report: 2015 - 2016
1. Name & address of the institution: Lady Keane College, Shillong
2. Name & designation of the Coordinator: Mr. G.G. Syngai, Assistant Professor & Head,
Department of Biochemistry, Lady Keane
College, Shillong
3. Telephone, Mobile, Fax and Email of the Coordinator: +919856007518 (M)
[email protected]
4. Level of the Biotech Hub: Institutional
5. Year of sanction with DBT’s sanction no.: BT/04/NE/2009 dated September 21, 2010
6. A brief write up about your organization/institution (not exceeding 10 lines):
Lady Keane College which was established in 1935 is one of the premiere institutes for
women’s education in North East India. With an aim at providing excellent all round
education, it strives to empower women for becoming future leaders of tomorrow and
who will help shape society. Our commitment to quality found its stamp of approval
from the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC), Bangalore when this
apex autonomous agency reaccredited our institution and awarded ‘A’ Grade with our
quality profile standing at 3.09 (CGPA) on a 4 point scale. The motto “Excellence with
Integrity” is the driving force behind each endeavour of every single member –past and
present- of this college, to impact the life of every young woman who wisely chooses to
be nurtured and educated by it.
7. Total funding received so far (Rupees in lakhs):
(Rs. In lakhs) Financial
year 2010-11 (1st year)
2011-12
(2nd year)
2012-13
(3rd year)
2013-14
(4th year)
2014-15 (5th year)
2015-16
(6th year)
Total
Balance
on 31/03/2016
Amount
Received
19.00
10.03
5.21
3.67
2.47
-
40.38
(-)1.15065
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8. Infrastructure created:
(a) List of equipment procured: (Pl. list all the equipments procured under the biotech hub
since its inception)
Sl.
No
Name of the equipment Model No &
Brand Name
Cost in Indian
Rupees (in
Lacs)
Date of Purchase No. of
researchers/
students
utilized
Equipments
1
Refrigerated Centrifuge
(17,500rpm) 1.5/2.0 ml
micro tubes
5430 R
Eppendorf
4.7 19/01/2011 12
2 UV/ Vis Spectrophotometer UV –1800
Shimadzu
5.025 20/04/2011 78
3 Digital Trinocular
Microscope
Lx 400
Labomed
0.78 20/04/2011 15
4 Vertical Slab Gel
Electrophoresis
02 -00142
TechnoSource
0.14 29/03/2011 2
5 Submarine Electrophoresis
Unit
08 -00105
TechnoSource
0.16 3/05/2011 2
6 Electrophoresis Power
Supply
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TechnoSource
0.45 29/03/2011 2
7 Western Blot System MX – 246 – 01
Medox
0.13 3/05/2011
8 Computer (1 No.) p6338in
HP Pavilion
0.4559 21/01/2011 7
9 Laser Printer LBP 2900B
Canon
0.0659 21/01/2011 7
10 Gel Rocker MX – 1290 -02
Medox
0.18 29/03/2011 2
11 Electronic Balance JA -310
Shinko
0.35 29/03/2011 4
12 Refrigerator (175 Litres) 185RP3
LG
LG
0.099 20/04/2011 4
13 Micropipettes Proline-var. 0.1 – 3 µl
BioLit
0.105 29/03/2011 7
14 Micropipettes Proline-var. 2 – 20 µl
BioLit
0.05 29/03/2011 7
15 Micropipettes Proline-var. 10 – 100 µl
BioLit
0.05 29/03/2011 7
16 Micropipettes Proline-var. 20 – 200 µl
BioLit
0.05 29/03/2011 7
17 Micropipettes
Proline-var.
100 – 1000 µl
BioLit
0.05 29/03/2011 7
18 Micropipettes
Proline-var.
1000 – 5000 µl
BioLit
0.05 29/03/2011 7
Contd…..
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9. Detail of hands on training programmes/workshops organized during the period of
report:
(a) Hands on trainings conducted:
Serial
No.
Topic Duration
and Date
No. of
participants
Level of
participants
1 Fifteen-Day Training Programme for
Biotechnology students of St.
Edmund’s College, Shillong on
“Biological Techniques”
Fifteen days 5th – 20th
May 2015 5
B.Sc. 3rd year
(Honours)
2 Five – Day Training Programme for
students of Lady Keane College,
Shillong on “Significance of
Biomolecules in Clinical Diagnosis”.
Five days 30th Nov –
4th Dec
2015
35
B.Sc. 3rd year
Life sciences
(b) Overall score of the training programmes according to participants as per feedback
taken in the prescribed format:
Total No. of
participants No. & percentage of participants assigning score of
5 4 3 2 1
40
12 (30%)
25 (62.5%)
2 (5%)
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-
*Mention percentages in parenthesis
Sl.
No
Name of the equipment Model No &
Brand Name
Cost in Indian
Rupees (in
Lacs)
Date of Purchase No. of
researchers/
students
utilized
Equipments
19 pH meter
CL 110
Chemiline
0.07 29/03/2011 7
20 Hot Air Oven
143(OUA–2)
NSW
0.2019 20/04/2011 7
21 Serological Water Bath
125(SBS-1)
NSW
0.1298 20/04/2011 3
22 Autoclave 229
NSW
0.0979 20/04/2011 19
23 UPS FPS 600
Foxin
0.02 21/01/2011
24
Online UPS with 16 Nos.
Batteries
IntelliQ Series
SUKAM
3.95 26/03/2014
25
Inverter with 8 Nos.
Batteries
IntelliQ Series
SUKAM
1.95 27/03/2014
Total cost = 19, 31, 045
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(c) Workshop/seminars/awareness programmes conducted:
Serial
No.
Topic Duration
and Date
No. of
participants
1 Talk cum Awareness Programme On “How are
the various drug formulations (tablet,
capsule, etc.) manufactured?” for the BSc
2nd Semester Students of Lady Keane College,
Shillong.
Two hours.
29th February,
2016
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(d) No. of students doing project works using biotech hub facility:
UG: PG: Ph.D.: 1 (One)
(e) Courses/Study programmes supported (by biotech hub infrastructure & facilities):
Sl.
No.
Level
(UG/PG/PhD)
Name of the Course/Study programme Nature of support
1. UG Biochemistry Honours Provided equipments for
conducting the practicals
2 Ph.D Ph.D programme Provided equipments,
chemicals and other
miscellaneous items
(f) Outreach programmes conducted:
Serial
No.
Topic Name of the
institution where
conducted
Duration
and Date
Level of
participants
1 Outreach Awareness
Programme On
“Biotechnology and its
importance in human
welfare”.
Laban Bengalee
Boys Higher
Secondary
School, Shillong
One-Day
15th
October
2015
Class XI
Science
students
2 Outreach Awareness
Programme On
“Biotechnology and
sustainable
development”.
Army Public
School, Shillong
One hour.
29th
October,
2015
Class XI
Science
students
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3 Outreach Awareness
Programme On
“Microbes as bio-
tools”
Army Public
School, Shillong
One hour.
2nd
November,
2015
Class XII
Science
students
4 Outreach Awareness
Programme On
“Environmental
Biotechnology - its role in
environment protection
and restoration”
Gorkha Pathshala
Higher Secondary
School, Shillong.
One day.
20th
November,
2015
Class XI
Science
student
(g) Invited lectures/hands-on trainings offered at other institutions:
Sl.
No.
Name of the resource person Topic Organised by Duration &
Date
10. Research activities (please provide details of only those research activities being
carried out at biotech hub):
(a) Type of work carried out:
Sl.
No.
Title of the research Persons involved Status
(Ongoing/completed)
1 “Acute toxicity of ethanolic
extract of Zingiber officinale
rhizomes on common carp
(Cyprinus carpio carpio L.,
1758)”
G.G.Syngai
S.Dey
R. Bharali
Ongoing
2 “Acute toxicity of aqueous
extract of Allium sativum on
juvenile common carp (Cyprinus
carpio L., 1758)”
G.G.Syngai
S.Dey
R. Bharali
Completed
(b) No. of papers published/presented with impact factor (please mention only those
arising out of biotech hub support):
(Provide a list on a separate sheet, if necessary. Papers with due acknowledgements to the
Biotech Hub should only be listed.)
Syngai, G.G., Gopi, R., Bharali, R., Dey, S., Lakshmanan, G.M.A., Ahmed, G.
(2016) Probiotics – the versatile functional food ingredients. J. Food Sci.
Technol. 53(2): 921-933. DOI: 10.1007/s 13197 – 015-2011-0.[Springer Journal]
Impact factor - 2.203 H Index – 59 Scopus – 0.71
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Syngai, G.G., Dey, S., Bharali, R. (2016) Evaluation of toxixity levels of the
aqueous extract of Allium sativum and its effect on the behaviour of juvenile
common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.,1758). Asian J. Pharm. Clin. Res. 9(3): 417-421.
H Index – 13 Scopus – 0.4
(c) Collaboration with other departments/institutions:
Sl.
No.
Dept./Institution collaborated Nature of collaboration Duration
1
Department of Biochemistry,
Lady Keane College, Shillong
Training programmes on: “Biological
Techniques”& “Significance of
Biomolecules in Clinical Diagnosis”
9(nine)+5(five)
days
2
Department of Botany, Lady
Keane College, Shillong
Training programme on: “Biological
Techniques”
2(two)
days
3 Department of Zoology, Lady
Keane College, Shillong
Training programme on: “Biological
Techniques”
2(two)
days
4 Department of Chemistry, Lady
Keane College, Shillong
Training programme on: “Biological
Techniques”
1(one)
day
11. Major achievements of the Biotech Hub during the year:
176 students could be familiarized with the different aspects of Biotechnology
through the 4 Outreach Awareness Programmes conducted for Class XI & XII
Science students of different schools in the city.
A total of 40 students could be trained to enhance their practical skills through the 2
Training Programmes conducted; with one being of 15- day duration for students
of a neighboring institution and the other of 5-day duration for the students of the
host institution.
Conducted 1 in-house Awareness Programme which saw the participation of 59
B.Sc students of the college.
Publication of Papers in peer reviewed journals.
Publication of the 1st issue of the Keanean Bio Connect Newsletter.
Observed the National Science Day -2016 by organizing a popular talk.
Standard Operating Protocols of the experiments conducted during the training
programmes have been compiled in the form of manuals.
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the high-end equipment’s continues to
be maintained.
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12. Manpower Recruitment Details:
Sl.
No.
Name Designation Specialization Period of
engagement
1. Mr. Badaplang
Sohkhlet SRF Biochemistry
From 16th May
2011 till 9th July
2014
2. Ms. Abigail Majaw
Laloo JRF Biochemistry
From 16th October
2014 till 31st
December 2015
3 Ms. Melarihun Shisha
Lyngkhoi JRF Biotechnology
From 6th April
2016 till date
4 Mr. Banmanbha
Tymthai Lab. Assistant -
On a monthly
basis
13. Service provided:
(a) No. of students/workers utilizing the facilities:
Students – 40
Faculty – 4(Botany), 1(Zoology) and 3(Biochemistry)
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(Must have documentary evidence)
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(b) Services provided to other Biotech Hubs/Sr secondary schools:
(Please specify the nature of service)
Organized a Fifteen-Day Training Programme On “Biological Techniques “for the
B.Sc. 3rd year Biotechnology students of St. Edmund’s College, Shillong.
14. Future activities and proposed action plan:
To further organize Training Programmes for enhancing the practical skills of the
students.
To further organize Outreach and Awareness Programmes so as to familiarize the
students about the field of Biotechnology in particular and Biological Sciences in
general.
To make efforts for publication of research papers which will be an index of the
Research activities undergoing in the Hub.
To continue publication of the next issue of the Keanean Bio Connect Newsletter.
15. Additional Details
(i). Name of the Co-coordinator: Mrs. W. Lyngdoh
Address: Dept. of Zoology, Lady Keane College, Shillong – 793001, Meghalaya
Mobile no.: 09436102535 (M)
Email: [email protected]
(ii). Name of the Co-coordinator: Dr. S. Dohling
Address: Dept. of Botany, Lady Keane College, Shillong – 793001, Meghalaya
Mobile no.: 09863085923 (M)
Email: [email protected]
Mr. G.G. Syngai
Co-ordinator
Institutional Biotech Hub
Lady Keane College
